What is the PSL Scale? How to Find Your PSL Score

FAQ

If you've spent any time whatsoever on TikTok, Discord, or Reddit you've seen people say "he's a 6.5 PSL" and hype up a picture of a random dude's jawline or eye shape like they're a scout at the NBA draft.

While this jargon is thrown around in almost every TikTok video comment, many of the users are unaware of the PSL Scale's history and origin, and are blissfully ignorant to the technicality of it so it sounds harsh. Winning an argument is as easy as throwing it into the mix. That's what this article endeavors to explain, including how to calculate your PSL Score so people can skip out on the social-exposure of posting their face on a comment section and letting strangers tear them apart.

What does PSL stand for?

P in PSL stands for Puahate. S stands for Sluthate. The L stands for Lookism. These are the names of the rating forums that originated in the early 2010s. They were brutally adjacent for the Internet and face rating in a step above casual 1 to 10 rankings of Face Ratings.

It has been adopted across the Internet since. PSL is referenced in GQ. PSL has its own entry on Know Your Meme. TikTok and YouTube are inundated with PSL content. Unlike in the past, people are beginning to flip the acronym and think it stands for Proportion, Size, Lineation. Those are the actual three things the PSL Scale measures. Regardless of whether it is now primarily seen from that view, PSL is the first and is now the most common framework for analyzing male face ratings online.

Understanding the PSL

The PSL scale is not an average scale of measurement 1–10 like the general public assumes. A big portion of the population is between 3 and 6, and that's where the scale is very harsh. A PSL 5, on this scale, would be considered a 7 or 8 in public conversations.

The fact of the matter is PSL is strict for a reason. It's concerned with the actual physiology of the face, with factors such as bone structure and symmetry, and the balance of the face. It excludes style, grooming, height, and personality, and the level of charisma and charm a person has, and everything that, in reality, makes a person give off an attractive vibe. It's a statistical scale that has a bell curve, with most people being in the center.

This is how the scale is broken down:

• 1–2 (Subhuman): Severe structural or compounded facial flaws.
• 3–4 (Below average → average): Where most men (sadly) fall.
• 4–5 (Above average): Better looking than most (about 60–70%).
• 5–6 (Notably attractive): Better looking than many (~30%), where heads turn.
• 6–7 (Model tier / Chadlite): Top 5–10%.
• 7+ (Chad / GigaChad): Nearly genetically perfect. Very rare.

To put it into better words, receiving a rating of PSL 5 should be taken as an extreme compliment.

What determines facial structure rating out of 10

PSL rates are in the first step of bone structure and then a few soft-tissue traits are built on top of that. This is the list of inputs that raters, and AI, observe and take into account.

• Jawline: the prominence with respect to standing and the projection of the jaw, the width of the side pads, the definition, and the gonial angle.
• Canthal tilt: shows the outer side of the eye in relation to the inner side of the eye. A positive tilt is seen to generate "hunter eyes", which is highly rated.
• Facial symmetry: describes how similar the left and right sides of the face are when visually inspected. The more asymmetrical the face is, the more the face is perceived to lose allure.
• Facial thirds: para-facial and facial thirds fullness is the subdivision of the face above and below the brow and eye area. The face should be evenly divided based on the equally division of the forehead, mid-face, chin, and brow positions.
• Eye area: includes the shape of the eye, the morphological features of the eye, covering of the eye, the depth of the eye, and the fullness of the eye.

All the features above refer to the structure of the face — you cannot change the structure of the face. This is the reason why people say PSL is not pleasant; you cannot improve the gonial structure of the face with creams, etc. On the other hand, softmaxxing (improving your score by using skincare, doing some hairstyle changes, and reducing body fat) can bring you score changes, especially if you are in the range of 5–6.

Why people are often inaccurate when estimating their PSL score

The self-assessment has many flaws. Some people self-rate with high scores (good lighting/angles, a protective mechanism for the ego) and some have a tendency to self-evaluate with lower scores (the bad angle, body dysmorphia, low self-image, especially in comparison to the Instagram elite).

The ratings by the community tend to be inaccurate. The judgment is based on who is rating and what is their bias. This is especially true for friends and family — the level of social pressure tends to artificially inflate the ratings per score, often by a point or two.

The overall impact of the self-evaluation and community rating is that people lack the knowledge of the actual score range, thereby reducing the number of aspects that should be targeted for improvement.

Finding your real PSL score

Post your pic on a forum and have people give a score. The process is slow, and most people get mean comments, with one person telling them to end their life.

Facial analysis using AI is the new trend. Mogged was made to solve this specific problem. It evaluates over 10 categories and gives a calibrated PSL score and a personalized glow-up plan. It tells you which attribute is causing your score to drop.

No posting on forums. No random people giving mean comments. No wasting time. The score will be told in less than 60 seconds.

Can you increase your PSL score?

Yes, but you can only increase your score to a certain extent. The two options are:

• Softmaxxing (changeable): your body fat, grooming, style, posture, sleep, etc. can change and are aspects in a person's life that are low in risk and high in reward.
• Hardmaxxing (surgical): entails higher risk, high reward actions and is more costly. Things like rhinoplasty, jaw surgery, eye surgery, and chin implants.

Softmaxxing is where most people have to begin. It is a pre-op option. Things like high body fat, poor choice of haircut, and bad skin are aspects that a person can improve. Guides on looksmaxxing for beginners, jawline development, and hunter eyes will be available.

Bottom line

PSL is the most difficult framework available for understanding facial attractiveness. It's not about cope, it's not about doom — it's about being brutally honest with yourself and figuring out what the problem is, instead of wildly shooting in the dark.

PSL's score is available for you at this very moment. Mogged uses facial analysis technology to grade you and determine what's your score's biggest obstacle in under 60 seconds.